Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-138, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS CONVICTED OF NONVIOLENT CRIMES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE MANDATORY EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT SENTENCING PROVISIONS; TO DEFINE "CRIME OF VIOLENCE"; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON CONVICTED OF A NONVIOLENT CRIME MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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